Heather Whitehead

Partner

Heather H. Whitehead is a partner in the Newport Beach office. She specializes in negotiating and drafting construction and real estate agreements. Her practice encompasses construction, real estate, risk management and insurance coverage matters for commercial, retail, industrial, mixed-use, multi-family and residential projects. She advises a wide range of clients on acquisition, financing, land development, construction, sales and project closeout matters, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, construction contracts, CC&Rs and other project governance documents, disclosures, SB800/Title 7 compliance documents and a variety of other construction-related documents as well as advising on operational risk management matters.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Whitehead served as the Director of Risk Management for a large urban infill homebuilder, where she gained valuable practical expertise and insight with respect to insurance coverage, risk management and construction issues facing builders and developers. Utilizing her background in this area, Ms. Whitehead’s legal practice includes:

Significant Representations
• Acted as risk management counsel for a national residential developer in connection with comprehensive updates to master construction agreements and related insurance documentation for applicable OCIP insurance programs, including evaluating and addressing contract administration considerations.
• Acted as insurance coverage and risk management counsel including contractual implementation of various consolidated insurance programs covering multiple apartment unit projects throughout California.
• Represented a large investment fund operating retail and retail-driven mixed-use properties on the West Coast in connection with retail leasing matters.
• Represented a private residential developer in connection with the development and sale of a multi-phased master-planned community in Orange County, California.